Paleoanthropological and Geological Research at the Hadar Hominid Site, Ethiopia: 1993-94

埃塞俄比亚阿法尔中部的哈达尔上新世遗址是一个 的 世界上最多产的人科化石遗址 产生了像南方古猿阿法种（露西 第一个家庭（First Family） 这一新阶段挖掘的目的是：1）完善 的 哈达尔组的地质年代框架，具有特殊的 强调较年轻的沉积物; 2）恢复原始人类化石 特别是从这些最近的水平;和3）记录 通过详细的地层和 沉积学 study. 人们完全期望这将是一个成功的， 富有成效的探险

The Pliocene site of Hadar, central Afar, Ethiopia, has been one of the most productive hominid fossil-bearing sites in the world, yielding up such fossils as the Australopithecus afarensis (Lucy and First Family) finds. The aims of this new phase of the excavations are 1) to refine the geochronologic framework of the Hadar Formation, with special emphasis on the younger sediments; 2) to recover hominid fossils especially from these more recent levels; and 3) to document the paleoenvironments through detailed stratigraphic and sedimentologic study. There is every expectation that it will be a successful and productive expedition.